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Friday, December 20, 2013

Celebrate New Year's Eve at Seneca Niagara Casino

LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND MIDNIGHT BUFFET

New 18+ gaming space, The Mezz, also provides fun for young adults

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. –
Ring
in the New Year with a party like no other at Seneca Niagara Casino
& Hotel in Niagara Falls USA.

There is something for everyone,
including an affordable midnight
buffet with exquisite dining at the reinvented Thunder Falls Buffet,
live entertainment, and non-stop fun on a newly-redesigned gaming floor
that will “wow” thousands of fellow partiers.

Young adults aged 18 to 20
can also experience the thrill of gaming at
The Mezz, an 18+ nonalcoholic gaming area on the mezzanine balcony of
the gaming floor. Finally, the excitement leading to 2014 also builds in
dramatic fashion at Seneca Niagara, as a packed schedule of live
entertainment will fill the casino during New Year’s
Eve weekend.

The
Thunder Falls Buffet, which unveiled a completely reinvented space and
food items one year ago, will not only be open throughout
the day as usual, but also will offer a first-ever Midnight Buffet for
the very affordable price of $14.99 (with a free Seneca Player’s Club
card; otherwise just $2 more).

The buffet includes more than 100 food
items – including everything from international
cuisine to Buffalo favorites – and will stay open until 3 a.m. The
500-seat restaurant includes a variety of seating and six unique food
stations, all with interaction with experienced culinary team members
that can deliver cooked-to-order dishes. For those
wanting five-star quality foods and enough variety to please to
pickiest of palates, the Thunder Falls Buffet will provide a satisfying
and memorable first meal of 2014.

Music
lovers are in for a treat on New Year’s Eve at Seneca Niagara Casino
& Hotel, starting with free live entertainment from local
rock bands at Club 101, located in the center of the gaming floor.

PassionWorks takes the stage at 3 p.m., followed by The Thurman Brothers
at 7 p.m. and SKY at 11 p.m. until 2:30 a.m. The nearby 440-seat Bear’s
Den Showroom with its flawless acoustics and
comfortable seating plays host to Paul Revere and the Raiders for two
shows at 7 and 10 p.m. The 1960s garage rock band will provide a festive
sound with hits like “Kicks,” “Hungry” and “Good Thing.” Tickets start
at $55 and are on sale now.

Those
who haven’t been to Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel in the past few
months will be dazzled by the sight of an entirely new gaming
floor. The final portions of the $26 million renovation project will be
completed later this winter, but more than half of the two-acre area is
already fully transformed with a new Keno Bar, Player’s Club, new table
game canopies, and slot bases and luxurious
chairs with full backrests.

Curved and wider pathways, as well as
dramatic carpeting round out an all-new layout that is designed to
provide a bright, vibrant and spacious atmosphere. Players are already
providing rave reviews, particularly noting the “Vegas-like”
feel of the overall transformation. In addition, by New Year’s Eve, a
new $6 million air quality system will be fully operational – providing
much improved breathing and controls for optimal temperature and
humidity.

Beginning
December 26, the mezzanine balcony area of the main gaming floor will
become The Mezz, a nonalcoholic gaming area that
permits gaming for young adults ages 18 and up. The location includes
more than 440 of the latest slot machines and promises to be a hot new
gathering spot in downtown Niagara Falls.

Leading
into the New Year’s Eve holiday will be a packed weekend of
entertainment at the casino. On Friday, Dec. 27, Kim Mitchell
performs a sold-out show at the Bear’s Den Showroom. He was the lead
singer and guitarist for the Canadian hard rock band Max Webster before
embarking on a solo career. Regulars to Seneca Niagara from Southern
Ontario and Western New York might also recognize
him as a radio host for Q107 (107.1 FM) in Toronto.

The
following evening on Saturday, Dec. 28 at 8 p.m., the multitalented
Vanessa Williams comes to Seneca Niagara Events Center for
the first-time ever. Great seats are still available and start at $60.
After becoming Miss America in 1983, Williams rose to the top of the
Billboard charts with hits like “Save the Best for Last,”
“Dreamin’” and “Colors of the Wind” for the Disney movie “Pocahontas.”
She has performed in multiple Broadway plays and earned a Tony Award
nomination for “Into the Woods” in 2002. While she continues
to enjoy a musical career, Williams is most recently known for
television roles on “Ugly Betty” – for which she received an Emmy Award
nomination in three consecutive years – and “Desperate Housewives.” She
also has starred in movies, acted as a spokesperson
for a variety of personal-care products and recently co-wrote a memoir
with her mother.

And
finally, on Sunday, Dec. 29, singer-songwriter and social activist Judy
Collins will celebrate more than 50 years of music with
a 7 p.m. show inside the Bear’s Den Showroom. Limited seats remain and
start at $45. Collins’ rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “Both Sides, Now”
won a Grammy Award in 1968 for Best Folk Recording and her performance
of Stephen Sondheim’s “Send in the Clowns” was
named “Song of the Year” at the 1976 Grammy Awards. Collins is a
representative for UNICEF and campaigns against the use of landmines.

Tickets
for all shows are available at Seneca Casino box offices,
Ticketmaster.com, all Ticketmaster locations or by phone at
800-745-3000.

About Seneca Niagara Casino & Hotel

Seneca
Niagara Casino & Hotel is located just minutes from the
world-famous Niagara Falls in Western New York, near the Canadian
border. The property is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365
days a year. Guests can enjoy 147,000 square feet of gaming space with
4,000 slot machines and 100 table games, 10 restaurants, live
entertainment and a AAA Four Diamond Award-winning,
26-story hotel with 604 deluxe rooms and suites, a spa and salon,
fitness center and indoor pool. Please visit
www.SenecaCasinos.com for more information.